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FASTENING FOR BAG, POCKET BOOK, AND PURSE FRAMES.

N0.v 319,632. Patented June 9, 1885.

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CHARLES S. SHEPARD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND LOUIS B. PRAHAR, OF SAME PLACE.

FASTENING FOR BAG, POCKET-BOOK, AND PURSE FRAMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,632, dated June 9, 1885.

Application filed April 4, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHARLns S. SHEPARD, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful 5 Improvement in Fastenings for Bag, Pocket- Book, and Purse Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

1 in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of one of my improved fastenings shown as applied to a bagframe. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one part 1 of the frame and the part of the fastenings attached to it. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of the other part of the frame and the part of the fastening attached to it. Fig. 4 is a sectional end elevation of the frame and fastening, taken through the line x 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is aplan view, partly in section, of the fastening and a portion of the frame.

The object of this invention is to provide fastenings for bag, pocketbook, and purse 2 frames which shall be simple in construction and convenient and reliable in use.

The invention relates to a fastening for bag, pocket-book, and purse frames constructed with a pair of studs attached to one part of the frame, a pair of studs provided with knobs and attached to the other part of the frame, and a rod provided with a knob hinged to the one pair of studs and shutting down between the knobs of the other pair, as will be hereinafter fully described and then claimed.

A B represent the parts of a bag-frame.

To pairs of studs 0, attached to the part A of the frame, are hinged sockets D, to receive the ends of the bag-handle.

0 To and between two studs, E,attached to the middle part of the part A of the frame, is

hinged the end of a short rod, F, upon which is formed a knob, F, at such a distance from the hinged end of the said rod as to receive between it andthe studsEthe knobs G, formed 4 5 upon the upper ends of two studs,G,attached to the middle part of the part B of the bagframe at such a distance from each other that they must be sprung apart to allow the rod F to be forced down between their knobs G.

Upon the free end of the rod F is formed a knob, F to serve as a handle in opening and closing the fastenings. With this construction the rod F is held fromswinging out from between the studs G by the elasticity of the saidstuds and by the knobs G, formed upon their ends. The rod F is held from being drawn out longitudinally from between the studs G by the knob F, which rests against the outer sides of the said studs G, so that the 6 fastening can be fastened and unfastened only by applying sufficient force to the outer end of the rod F to spring the studs G apart sufficie'ntly to allow the said rod F to pass between the knobs G of the said studs. 6

Havingthus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A fastening for bag, pocket-book, and purse frames constructed substantially as herein shown and described,and consisting of two pairs of studs,and arod having a knob hinged to one pair of studs and shutting down between the other pair, as set forth.

2. In a fastening for bag, pocket-book, and

purse frames, the combination, with the parts A B of the frame, of the pair of studs E, attached to one part, the pair of studs G, provided with knobs G and attached to the other part, and the rod F, provided with the knob F, hinged to the studs E and shutting down between the knobs G of the studs G, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said fastening can be readily fastened and unfastened, as set forth.

CHARLES S. SHEPARD.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, O. SnDewIcK. 

